This afternoon I caught my wife watching one of the cooking shows. This happens a lot. No harm, no foul. No one got hurt. She often catches me watching NCAA hoops at midnight. We break even. Aside from the one cooking show hosted by the perky young girl of Italian extraction with the gigantic head (think bobble head doll) I can tolerate just about anything involving food. However...
Today's show revolved around the creation of scones. Scones. My spouse exclaimed: "Scones! I love scones!"
Having just run the Thanksgiving/Christmas/New Year's gauntlet, including a Boxing Day party complete with repeated offerings of scones, I never want to see another scone again, even if I crash in the Andes.
What chilled me to the bone was my wife's remark that "I should make some scones while winter is still upon us."
Let me offer this: Life is short. Skip the scones. If you are a female, please know that scones are not a gender neutral item. Men have no interest in scones. None. If you are baking for a man you love, like or want to like, DON'T MAKE SCONES. If you live alone, or bake for a solidly female audience, knock yourself out. If you are a single female hoping to impress a male suitor via good cooking, DON'T MAKE SCONES. You will die alone!
NOTE: If you are a male who does like scones I apologize for lumping-- no pun intended-- you in with the vast army of XY humans who just have no interest in the scone experience. Wave your scone flag high!
APOLOGIA: opinions offered above are based solely on a lifetime of observation, experience and anecdotal information.